Cathryn Charette, LMFT

Cathryn Charette is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who brings five years of clinical experience to her work. She frames therapy around each person’s strengths and practical skills. Her style emphasizes helping people understand themselves better and make choices that match their values and goals.

Cathryn uses mindfulness and self-awareness to help clients respond to life instead of reacting. She focuses on building stronger self-esteem and more comfortable ways of relating to others. This includes helping people recover from past hurts and learn healthier boundaries.

Her approach draws on humanistic ideas alongside evidence-based methods. That mix is used to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and eating and body image concerns. She also supports people coping with ADHD, compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and life changes.

Cathryn pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current behavior. She aims to help clients develop what psychologists call earned security - a more stable sense of self after traumatic or difficult experiences. Therapy sessions focus on concrete tools and thoughtful reflection rather than labels.

She describes her work as nonjudgmental, inclusive, and patient. People who value a collaborative, strengths-based approach and who want to build insight and practical skills may find her style helpful. Cathryn practices in California and conducts sessions in English.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting ruled by them and clarifies what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes by linking actions to values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating learned early in life and helps people build more secure ways of connecting and setting boundaries. It often helps with intimacy concerns and healing from relationship-related trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cathryn will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. She collaborates with clients to adjust tools and exercises until they feel useful and realistic for everyday life.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Online work can also make it easier to practice skills in the settings where problems occur, and therapists can assign simple exercises to try between sessions to reinforce new habits.